Merry Christmas from the Dekkers

We already opened our family gifts yesterday, the rest of the gifts are ready to take to our upcoming parties, and I even have some of my food for the parties made ahead of time.

As I’ve done for many years now, I’ll be taking the week between Christmas and New Years as a short blogging break. It’s such a nice time to step away from my computer and social media for a few days… and I always come back with so many blog post topics and ideas after the New Year.

I have several self-imposed to-do’s that I’d like to accomplish over Christmas break:

finish our family’s 2016 photo album

do some freezer cooking

can more applesauce

purge kid’s clothing and toys (they are always more willing to purge after they get new things!)

work on a little project for our mudroom

I just finished reading Life Below the Stairs (true stories of servants in the Victorian era) and I have a ridiculously long list of shows I’d like to watch on Netflix (The Crown, Fuller House, and Gilmore Girls to name a few.)

I haven’t watched one single Netflix show since the summer… I’m not even sure if I’ve watched anything on TV the past 4 months either (so I’m due for a little TV time!)

All of that to say, I’m sure I’ll have plenty to keep me occupied, even without blogging responsibilities on my plate 🙂

Sarah

Karen S.

12/23/2016

Merry Christmas to my absolute favorite blogger and your beautiful family!!!! Andrea, thank you so much for working so hard to provide us with top notch content. You are much younger than I am, but you teach me so much ~ I am so very thankful! I pray that you and your family have a blessed Christmas, much needed break, and 2017. See you next year!!!!! xox

Bonnie'sMama

12/23/2016

Merry Christmas to my favorite blogger! I’ve enjoyed watching you grow and change as a woman and a mom since I started reading your blog before you moved to the farmhouse. I look forward to learning more from you in the New Year. I hope it’s your best year yet

Thanks KJ! I’ve already watched all of Call the Midwife (LOVED it!) They have a new episode coming out on Christmas night 🙂 I haven’t seen any of Downton Abbey, but that’s because I’m not sure I’m ready for such a “long commitment”. Maybe I’ll save that for next summer and Dave and I will watch a couple episodes every night! Merry Christmas to you too.

Birthe

Mara Yager

12/23/2016

Merry Christmas! Feels good to see the “home stretch” of the holiday season in sight and finally be approaching the actual holiday 🙂 Off to make your chocolate pretzels you featured several days ago! Enjoy your little break!

Leanne

12/23/2016

the Crown is AMAZING… the first episode has a really bad word in the first 5 minutes, but basically nothing else the rest of the series…oh…and there is a naked bottom in the first episode, too…but, I think they put those in the first episode for shock value… otherwise, I never “binge watch”…but that one had be GLUED! Merry Christmas and have a restful break!